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"Matt" wrote in message news:OICSa.94044$OZ2.20331@rwcrnsc54... "Matt" wrote in message et... It's possible to build a PC without a floppy that is internal. Most motherboards today support USB floppy. Thats what I use. I got Teac USB floppy. As for PS/2 keyboard and mouse - these are all emulated through the USB ports. You no longer need PS/2 ports. And you don't need serial ports either as USB takes care of that. There are USB drivers for DOS that let you take advantage of a mouse and keyboard or other USB devices. I try to avoid DOS as much as possible. Crossing my fingers I haven't used it in the last 6 months. The onlything I need DOS is for Symantec Ghost 2003 which by the way supports USB and firewire now. Do I use a PS/2 keyboard, mouse or serial devices anymore? NOPE! All gone. Never had a problem. Although I keep my USB floppy around in a bag somewhere. And it works just like an internal floppy to boot! My .02 BTW. For a true USB solution - use a flash card reader and boot from it! Thats what I do most of the time. The 1.44MB size of a floppy is not important when booting with a CompactFlash card. As a matter of fact my boot CF card is 256MB! Do you need a floppy nowadays? No. There are quite a few reasons that pop into my mind to have a floppy drive installed, however, the choice is yours. If you can afford the $15 put one in. |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:21:06 GMT, jaeger wrote:
In article , says... I'm considering not putting a floppy drive in my new computer. I have a LAN and the other computers have floppies. Anyone see a reason why I should include one? Thanks. -- Scott I haven't used one in almost 4 years, there is nothing you need it for. Wrong. There are situations where you might need it. I still have to use mine occasionally. |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 04:03:42 GMT, jaeger wrote:
Wrong. There are situations where you might need it. Name one. Adding 3rd party hard disk drivers or raid drivers during setup System recovery using partition magic, nortons, others. |
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"jaeger" wrote in message et... In article , says... Adding 3rd party hard disk drivers or raid drivers during setup You can add the drivers to a custom WinXP CD. In fact, this is the smart way to do it since you can add all your drivers, plus you can set the switches so that you don't have to babysit the install. System recovery using partition magic, nortons, others. Partition Magic will recover from the install CD. Ghost is crap unless you do enterprise deployment, but the image disc itself is bootable. I have PM, Drive Image, Ghost etc on a bootable cd-rom. But I have a client who sends me her a/cs and payroll on a floppy disk. -- Doug Ramage |
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"jaeger" wrote in message et... In article , says... Copying a paper (five minutes from the deadline) from my laptop to a school computer, so I can print it out. Did I miss the part where the original poster was building a laptop? sarcasmYes, you did./sarcasm Did I say he was building a laptop? I was citing an example for a situation in which a floppy drive is useful. It's a good fallback low-tech solution for certain data transfer situations. -- NoRemorse "Expect me when you see me." |
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"jaeger" wrote in message et... In article xBMSa.111849$H17.34965@sccrnsc02, says... sarcasmYes, you did./sarcasm Did I say he was building a laptop? I was citing an example for a situation in which a floppy drive is useful. It's a good fallback low-tech solution for certain data transfer situations. Laptops are different, and not really relevant here. For a laptop that interfaces with a variety of systems then yes, possibly, a floppy is useful. But not on a desktop. Thats crap, he's on about the fact the college Desktop only had a floppy drive free so he could transfer his data.. Thats the relevance.. Dave |
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"jaeger" wrote in message t... In article , says... Wrong. There are situations where you might need it. Name one. It can be embarrasing to save your MYOB stuff to a USB device then have your accountant tell you he can`t use it and in the meantime you are paying in excess of a hundred bucks an hour for his services. Kind of makes the floppy drive look good. |
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"jaeger" wrote in message et... In article xBMSa.111849$H17.34965@sccrnsc02, says... sarcasmYes, you did./sarcasm Did I say he was building a laptop? I was citing an example for a situation in which a floppy drive is useful. It's a good fallback low-tech solution for certain data transfer situations. Laptops are different, and not really relevant here. For a laptop that interfaces with a variety of systems then yes, possibly, a floppy is useful. But not on a desktop. Obviously you don`t own a lappy. You don`t know what you are missing. Then again, if you don`t leave the house you wouldn`t need a lappy. |
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:34:37 GMT, "Scott"
wrote: I'm considering not putting a floppy drive in my new computer. I have a LAN and the other computers have floppies. Anyone see a reason why I should include one? Thanks. -- Scott If you're going to run Windows XP, and expect to be able to make an ASR (automated System Recovery) file set, you WILL need a floppy drive, as that is where the data for the file set is stored. I bought my last Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop without a floppy drive, figuring I'd use a USB jump drive. However, there is no way to complete an ASR set without a floppy. Fortunately, I found a modular floppy for my 8200 on eBay for $19.99 (rather than the $89 that Dell wanted!). Cheers |
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